Shotlist

1. Various of crowd applauding as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte enters congressional session hall, zoom in to Duterte

2. Philippine flag, tilt down to Duterte approaching lectern

3. Session hall, audience applauding

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rodrigo Duterte, Philippines president:

"Let us end these decades of ambuscades and skirmishes. We are going nowhere and it is getting bloodier by the day."

5. Audience applauding

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rodrigo Duterte, Philippines president:

"China Sea, we strongly affirm and respect the outcome of the case before the permanent court of arbitration as an important contribution to the ongoing efforts to pursue a peaceful resolution and management of our dispute."

7. Audience applauding

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rodrigo Duterte, Philippines president:

"Human rights must work to uplift human dignity, but human rights cannot be used as a shield or an excuse to destroy the country."

9. Protesters marching

10. Protesters holding banner reading (English): "Peace talks now!"

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Renato Reyes, protest leader:

"We want this (peace talks) to happen as soon as possible because it would create a favourable climate for the formal resumption of peace negotiations."

12. Protesters

Storyline

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a unilateral ceasefire with communist guerrillas effectively immediately on Monday and asked the rebels to do the same to end decades of deadly violence and foster the resumption of peace talks.

In his first state of the nation address before Congress, Duterte said he wanted to "end these decades of ambuscades and skirmishes" before the end of his six-year term, which commenced on June 30.

Addressing the New People's Army guerrillas, the ex-city mayor, who built a name for his tough, crime-busting style, also focused on his battle against illegal drugs, threatening drug dealers anew with death.

The decades-long communist insurgency, one of Asia's longest, has left about 150,000 combatants and civilians dead since it broke out in the late 1960s.

It also has stalled economic development, especially in the countryside, where the Maoist insurgents have had an active presence.

Government negotiators have met with rebel counterparts and agreed to restart peace talks soon.